Two very similar verbs, but different and very common in exams. Let's figure them out. 💡

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Слушать / Слышать

Businessperson 1: Mmmm! That burger looks delicious! I might order some takeout too. I’m exhausted.
Businessperson 2: Yeah, it’s really tasty and massive. And the fries are THE best.
Businessperson 1: What are you watching there?
Businessperson 2: This amazing documentary on food waste. Have you seen it?
Businessperson 1: No, is it any good?
Businessperson 2: Scary! I’m blown away by the statistics. Did you know that, out of all the food that is produced to eat, the world throws away about one-third of it? Every single year.
Businessperson 1: Seriously?
Businessperson 2: Yeah! We could feed three billion people with that food. And it’s worth one trillion US dollars.
Businessperson 1: I can’t even wrap my head around how much food that is.
Businessperson 2: Maybe this will help. You’ve been to China, right?
Businessperson 1: Yes. I did that trip from Shanghai to Beijing with my friends. Amazing.
Businessperson 2: So imagine that all of China was just fields that grow crops.
Businessperson 1: That’s a lot of crops.
Businessperson 2: It is. It’s 2.5 billion acres. Now imagine we just throw away all the food that we make with them.
Businessperson 1: That’s crazy!
Businessperson 2: But it’s not just that. It’s the whole food process. The water that is used to grow the wasted food is the equivalent of 200 liters, per person, per day for 9 billion people.
Businessperson 1: 9 billion? But there are only about 7 billion people on the Earth now, aren’t there?
Businessperson 2: Exactly! There won’t be 9 billion people on the planet until the middle of this century, and by then, we will need to be producing 70% more food than we do now to feed everyone.
Businessperson 1: It doesn’t make sense at all. Especially when you consider all of the people who are hungry in the world. I read that about 700 million people don’t have enough food right now.
Businessperson 2: I know! A lot of it, would you believe, is apparently to do with how it looks. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

FOOD WASTE 

Netflixドラマ【First Love 初恋】は見ましたか？
【First Love 初恋】の撮影の場所は北海道です。
北海道に住んでいる私が、撮影の場所を紹介したいと思います。
北海道のこと、文化についても話します。

《話にでてくる場所》
創生スクエア/そうせいすくえあ
新千歳空港/しんちとせくうこう

北海道へようこそ【First Love 初恋】from Netflix

3.ナポリタン【First Love 初恋】from Netflix

nǐ hǎo ， wǒ xiǎnɡ mǎi yùn dònɡ kù 。 
你 好  ， 我 想    买  运  动   裤 。 
zhè ɡe kuǎn shì yǒu shén me yán sè de ？ 
这  个 款   式  有  什   么 颜  色 的 ？ 
wǒ ké yǐ shì yi shì hēi sè mɑ ？ 
我 可 以 试  一 试  黑  色 吗 ？ 
zhè ɡe mǎ zi tài dà le ， qǐnɡ ɡěi wǒ xiǎo yì mǎ de 。 
这  个 码 子 太  大 了 ， 请   给  我 小   一 码 的 。 

Hi, I'm looking for sweatpants.
What colors do you have in this style?
Can I try on black one?
This size is too big. Give me a smaller size, please.



Laura cheng Chinese

Laura Chinese language points for buying clothes 1

For those of you who are wondering, 'etymology' means the history and origin of words. For example, the word 'courage' comes from the French word 'cor', which means 'heart'. This means that to be courageous is to act from your heart. 
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As you can see, by learning etymology, we can deepen our understanding of the meaning of words and their cultural contexts. This will help you to improve your English vocabulary, speaking and comprehension and sound more like a native speaker. 
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In today's lesson, we learn the etymology of the following ten words:
etymology 0:30
serendipity 1:05
quixotic 1:31
pandemonium 1:55
chutzpah 2:24
kangaroo 2:43
typhoon 3:12
mistletoe 3:34
doppelganger 4:02
bungalow 4:24
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English on the Road 

Top 10 Interesting Etymologies 

TR - Bu hikaye, içsel çatışmalar ve insanın karmaşıklığına odaklanarak yazılmıştır. 
EN - This short story is written with a focus on internal conflicts and human complexity.

StoRyporter - Turkish A2-B1/2

B1-Hikaye1

アクセント　一文字から

手、目、毛、血　hands,eyes,hair,blood

[関西弁]

てー、めー、けー、ちー
てえ、めえ、*けえ、ちい
LH       *LH      *HL     同音

二文字　LH

いぬ、くま、しか、いか  [dog, bear,deer,squid] 
あし、うで、ひざ,みみ   [foot,arms,a knee,ears]

[関西弁]
二文字　逆　　抑揚つける いか(同音),ひざ(同音)

いぬ、くま、しか、*いか(同音)

あし、うで、*ひざ(同音),みみ

二文字　標準語　LH

みず、はな、うし、むし、行く、
[water,nose, cows,insects,to go]

[関西弁] *同音

みず、はな(鼻),うし,むし、行く

標準語

さる、かめ、見る HL 
[a monkey, a tortoise, to see(watch,look)

[関西弁] LH

さる、　かめ、見る

*ねこ(cats)同じ？　二つある？

[挨拶]

こんにちは　　　こん　にち　わー　LH LL HH
おはよう　　　　おは　よー　　L L HL
ありがとう　　　あり　が　とー　LL L HL

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送

Vol.14 We Talked about Kansai Direct 1.

In this podcast I talk briefly about the Beijing Winter Olympics and share some of my childhood memories of skiing and snowboarding.
Keywords in this episode
tricks
ski slope
chair lift
timberline
glacier
snow boarding
ski lodge
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
Mount Hood 
adrenaline
abdominals
quads
frozen fingers
moguls
wipe out


